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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11257
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14030
13 Actual Demand 10956
14 Aggregate Planning 11873
15 Air Cargo 9800
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6412
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34521
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15185
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18870
20 Assembly Line 21489
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22638
22 Average Speed of Answer 26348
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22628
24 Batch Production 37600
25 Bill Discounting 14105
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10803
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6906
28 Blanket Release 9746
29 Bonded Warehouse 9844
30 Booking Number 13398
31 Bottleneck 9218
32 Buffer Stock 58298
33 Build to Stock 12706
34 Bullwhip Effect 9279
35 Business Logistics 25086
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12311
37 Capacity Management 39513
38 Capacity Utilization 13762
39 Capital Intensive 8092
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8365
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11832
42 Certified Supplier 8803
43 Channel Effectiveness 8772
44 Co-Destiny 9041
45 Co-managed Inventory 12195
46 Co-Packers 11541
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6607
48 Computer-Based Training 7487
49 Consular Invoice 19325
50 Container Depot 10354
51 Container Freight Station 10121
52 Continuous Replenishment 19193
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11814
54 Contract Carrier 7198
55 Contract of Affreightment 11181
56 Control Charts 7755
57 Cost Flow 10063
58 Courier Service 14856
59 CPFR 8004
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11532
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43337
62 Date Code 17741
63 Days of Supply 19472
64 Dead on Arrival 8933
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7080
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7865
67 Detective Control 8692
68 Devanning 13992
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10599
70 Dispatching 23650
71 Distributed Inventory 8168
72 Distribution Channel Management 34069
73 Distribution Metrics 8721
74 Distribution Planning 23904
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14862
76 Double Marginalization 52211
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21996
78 Dual 5269
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20302
80 Echelon Inventory 25864
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37961
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48882
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7410
84 Efficient Frontier 24985
85 Engineer-to-Order 31265
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15965
87 Erlang B Formula 9100
88 ETD 8090
89 Ex Works 7674
90 Exception Rate 13155
91 Exponential smoothing 9615
92 External Growth 9831
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9212
94 Field Services 7584
95 Field Warehouse 9693
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8435
97 Fishbone Diagram 14310
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26537
99 Flow Through Distribution 12052
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7927
101 FOB Destination 12687
102 Forward buying 29729
103 Freight Charge 10104
104 Freight Consolidation 7330
105 Gantt Chart 8120
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11425
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29187
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12431
109 Hub 23060
110 Idle Time 7870
 
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